Adjustable gate.



No. 642,093. Patented Jan. 30, I900. R. J. DURNEY.

ADJUSTABLE GATE.

. (Application filed Oct. 15, 898.)

(No Model.)

lllm -Z QZ TZJJOTW Unrrnn STATES ROBERT J. DORNEY,

ADJUSTA OF ARLINGTON, OIIIO.

BLE GATE.

$PECIFICA1ION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 642,093, dated January 30, 1900. Application filed October 15, 1898. Serial No. 693,6 77. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT J. DORNEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Arlington, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to gates in which the outer or swinging end is made perfectly adj ustable for the purpose of adapting the gate to hill use or for taking up sag and for other reasons; and my invention consists in certain novel features of construction whereby the space necessarily left between the post and the inner end of the gate is kept closed, while the gate may be adjusted at will.

My invention will be fully understood upon reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gate constructedin accordance with my invention and mounted in position for use. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the adjustable end of the supporting tension-brace. Figs. 3 and 4: show, respectively, the hinges for the heel of the gate and for the pivoted end of the supporting tension-brace.

A represents a gate, and B a post upon which the gate is supported, said gate being constructed with top and bottom rails 1 2, vertical stile 3 at the outer or swinging end, and outwardly-inclined inner end at. The gate has its main weight supported by hinge 5, Fig. 3, at the heel of the gate, which hinge is so constructed as to permit vertical swinging of the outer end 3 of the gate. The upper portion of the gate is supported by a tensionbrace 6, the inner end of which swings upon a hinge 7, (see Fig. 4,) while the outer end of said brace is provided with engaging spurs 8 (see Fig. 2) and is made to engage adjustably with a pin 9, fixed to some part of the gate, preferably beyond the middle. As thus far described the gate involves no new principle. According to one feature of my present improvements I provide a diagonal brace 10, extending from near the top of the gate upwardly and rearwardly and comprising two bars applied on opposite sides of rails of the gate. This leaves a space between the bars of the brace, in which the adjustable end of the tension-brace works, so that if the pin 9 is inserted through the bars of the diagonal brace it is held in position for engagement by the spurs 8, and the supporting tension is thus distributed through the diagonal brace 10 over the outer end of the gate.

According to another feature of my present invention I mount upon the inner end of the gate an extensible frame 11, comprising an upright 12, supported by slot-and-pin connection 13 on the bottom rail of the gate and rearwardly-projecting short bars 14, which work between the horizontal rails of the gate and through the spaces formed by the end pieces 4., which are lapped upon the inner ends of said horizontal rails. The short bars 14 extend as closely as may be desired to the post B, and in this way they fill the space left between the inner end and post. As the heel of the gateis fixed against other than swinging movement relatively to the post, the fixed connection 13 holds the lower end of the upright 19 in constant relation to the post. In order to similarly hold the upper end of the extensible frame, the upper short bar lei is suitably attached to the tension-brace 6. By this means the extensible frame 11 is held from top to bottom in constant relation to the post, and it therefore protects the opening between the rear end of the gate and said post. Inasmuch as the gate proper moves freely relatively to the extensible frame 11, it will be seen that the gate may be adjusted at will up or down without affecting the opening between the rear end of the gate proper and the post.

Having thus described my invention, the following is What I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In combination with a gate having a vertical adjustment substantially as herein described, the rearwardly-adjustable extensionframe 11, mounted upon the inner end of the gate, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with a gate adjustable in the manner described, the extension-frame 11, comprising the upright 12 and rearwardly extending bars 14, said frame being adj ustable relatively to the gate to protect the opening between said gate and the post, substantially as explained.

3. In combination with a gate adjustable as described, the extension-frame 11, com- ICO 10 upper portion of the gate and the extensionframe pivoted at its lower portion to the gate and having its uppertportion movable relatively to the gate and connected to the supporting-brace, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ROBERT J. DORNEY.

Witnesses:

B. W. WALTERMIRE, JOHN J. COLE. 

